+DOOR TO DOOR there through the iron-bound fissure / yes, that's a window / they will reach out and hold on to you / go on, introduce yourself or they will do it for you // come, say hello to your nest-egg / care for a week's wage in liquid and carb form? / they will see you frantic for precious little pearls of wisdom on point and mad quick // you'd better know what to say to a question like that / you'd better know how to look to a hollowed-out hole // you are the praying man / you are the foreign flame / you are the salt in the wound / the balm on the scar
+AN HONEST BLUFF charity is not what i want, it's what i need / i can eat as much as two men, so i pass the plate / take a look at my slacker kid's report cards / you think i'm about to frame them? you're crazy // throw the dailies into the fiery furnace / pop the flash bulbs that scribe away our way of life / don't feel sorry for your bloodline shenanigans // the tonal qualities of your voice amuse me / i guess we're both just as lucky we missed the boat / do a favor and hide away my jewelry before the little ones find out you maxed out the card / i'm a witness, i swear myself to silence / don't you think that an honest bluff has its place? don't feel sorry for the ocean of playing cards
+MANY MOONS many moons ago the cooler kids made a name for me: chief wannabe, chief wannabe / at least i wasn't scared to aim high, to dream up / at least i was shooting for something off the cuff and from the hip // now i'm known as stamper the ultimate hamper-damper-pamper pooper / you can have this one for free // though i'm tempted sore to steer clear of the lesser things that make a man, that make a man / what then can be said to nurture, to nature / a stick thrown in the wind hunted down by a faithful hound / though we each have our demons donning
+LIVE FREE OR TRY they shut our lights off today / but we're ok. live free or try / the end of an era today / we should get down, family and friends come 'round // you can have your way with me and i will have my way with the world // asa is building a plane / in a few years i want to fly that thing / here come the wind and the rain / let it grow dim / go get the children // you can have your way with me and i will have my way with the world / we can cut a different deal but i won't come a-begging at your door
+VOW TAKERS first off you look like death came and went / why not regroup? / what dreams could be gained by sticking it out? / your hand is bare, all words are fair / if these old walls could talk // why talk on your phone's walkie-talk when it's a phone? / someday we'll hit the nail on the head like no big thing. a dead ring / if these old walls could talk / they would say anything / don't mind their jabbering / don't mind // a flock of northern birds taking flight / where must they go? / let's fall off our proud, shining steeds / and break some ribs and bruise our knees / if these old legs could walk / they would go anywhere / don't mind their wandering
+CARNAVAL how can you say you're late when i just got here myself / say hi to the angels waiting in the wings / tar up their feathers together / breathing the blue air / i cannot tell a lie, a lie / no one is following / we'll talk when you get your game on // without the oxen the manger is clean / don't you despise them; their strength is my feed / never stopped to smell the roses / sorry for doubting / i cannot tell a lie, a lie / no one is following / i'm not afraid of the quiet / we rule the streets today / no one is following
+THE FLORIDIAN i see you've been busy / straight lines aren't everything / what is work, what is rest? Are they not one in the same // what's so great about being on the Lamb / at least i had a square meal and a round of drinks // who here has the stopper / young hearts don't mess around / tiny tongues will hammer you / even if they're stammering // close your eyes while i turn the eider down / the surf and turf is washing my i.d. away // when this plane goes down / stick to the schedule / even if that means renting a car, riding a mule i don't know how far / cradled by a bucket of bolts / our life is so mechanical / i'd like it if you could keep it together / never say no, yes, never say never
+8 MO. it's a girl! it's a girl. / way to go! that-a-girl / i don't care about anything no more / oh, the dust flurry above mama's womb settle down / you're a natural woman-to-be // real and dreamed / aleijadinho's wood wings / ghosts in the ore / eu quero mais de te senhor // as a race, as a race hope is all but lost / wait! what's coming down the pike? my lille!
+THE STOMACH this doesn't bode well for humans / where are you when it's hard to be one / it's not that easy to look the other way / those who swagger right into the line of fire / i can't help them work it out // it's official: the county clerks are eating their footsies way too slow / all the while the wider world it suffers the heavy hand of the multi-tasker's union // you can do just one thing / they size you and laugh / what kind of service is that / i'm here to buy some snacks for my kids / they don't have the stomach for what you're telling me / i can't help you work it out // it's official: the old world will be shat on time and time again /all the while the wider world it suffers the heavy hand of the multi-tasker's union
+FORCE FIELD little movements indicate, indicate littler moments of clarity / why the long face? recreate, recreate / i can take you to long beach // we are a force you'll want to reckon with / we are a field you'll want to lie down // looks that follow patterns, patterns / learn them, love them, sport them / come here hold hands harnessing, harnessing the tyrant of clear vision //we are a force you'll want to reckon with / we are a field you'll want to lie down / don't make me come over and demonstrate that which can never be learned
+ROCKAWAY TWP. we're cleaning up this dump one mess at a time / not all at once like my friend jen would do but stilted by hearsay / piles driven by drunken giants in endless procession / Stonehenge was built this way you know, i know so. i've seen it / stacks of slips and memos left for dead / settled in and petrified instead / no one was willing or able and the rocks seemed pretty stable and pretty soon you've got a bloody monument on your hands // all this to say it's so nice to sit and wonder / in a non-definition space like framing a drawing that's been erased / i want to live in the country
+NITE WALKER dude, i already love you / will you let me shut the light off / i'll take that as a no, i'm not in this for me, you know // i don't expect you to buy this i have four-and-twenty people holding on the line doing favors for my line / money means nothing to me / all paper trails end here with me // don't get busy, i'm not about to hang up my uniform // i will press it till monday when it walks itself to work / glad to see you grin, now let me tuck you in // we'll meet muffet in morning she'll be waiting on the first page / bring the curds and whey / always smile as you say / books have to go to bed, too just like tractors and trains and all little men // don't get busy, i'm not about to walk away
+WHEN LIFE STRIKES training for anything, any one day / this skill-set will save my life or another's / the confines of my current job defend us from the meter man / when life strikes every single blade of the fan // who knows the true weight of a newborn // who knows the temp of an outdoor pool // i'm going in anyway / join me or join the wharf rats on the dry-docks waiting for the ships to come in // who knows?
